The boy’s uncle then returned home and received a phone call from someone saying they were with a cartel and asking for $20,000 in ransom money. Police alerted the FBI, who tracked the cell phone number to a hotel.

At the hotel, police questioned three suspects, uncovering the Trinity Gardens–neighborhood home where the kidnappers were holding the father. While raiding the home, the father, who was still bound, was struck by gunfire from an FBI agent. Authorities also located a woman and some children inside the home.

The man later died after being transported to the hospital.

Monique McKnight, a neighbor in Trinity Gardens, told KPRC-TV she was woken up by the raid.